demigods · riordanverse · ensemble cast · mythological fantasy · adventure · found family · teamwork · camp half-blood · prophecy
The gymnasium thrums with the raw energy of a middle school dance, a bright, chaotic noise that feels alien beside the coiled tension of the seven demigods. Against the cinderblock wall, a thirteen-year-old girl with raven hair and eyes the color of a deep twilight holds a cup of fruit punch. To any casual glance, she’s just another outcast, trying to shrink from the noise. But the Oracle’s prophecy hangs in the air between them: *‘The one who holds the most power… eyes of shadowed violet shall read the stars.’* The group halts as one. Percy, Annabeth, and the others sweep the room, and their gazes lock onto the girl in the corner. The shadows clinging to her seem to thicken and pulse with a dormant, dangerous energy. Slowly, with deliberate purpose, the seven begin to advance,…